Fire in Mine. Four Natives Suffocated. Capetown, Friday Night
The fusing of an electric wire ignited the timbering in the Jagersfontein mine. This caused an enormous fall of earth, and four natives were suffocated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining & the mines, 1913
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Southern Miners Dissatisfied. Russell Not Appointed Inspector. Wollongong, Saturday Night
The peacerul conditions which have prevailed in the ranks of the Illawarra miners. for some considerable time past have received something of a set-back by the action of the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Mining Situation. No Definite Developments for Some Days. Newcastle Saturday Night
The mining position at the moment is one of some anxiety, but from inquiries made this morning no definite developments are likely to take place for some days. One side asks a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Collieries. Miners' Strike. Serious Position at South Bulli. Wollongong
A strike has occurred at South Built, consequence on the discharge of two miners ever a working place for which they cavilled. An application had been made to reinstate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Out. More Trouble in South. Only Two Collieries Working Still the Russell Case. Wollongong
All the South Coast coalminers, with the exception of the men in the Mount Keira and Mount Kembia mines, ceased work this morning. The Russell case is the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Week's Coal Export
The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the week amounted to 92,735 tons. Of that 00,300 tons went to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports as follow:--Victoria 15.320,' West Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mining Notes
During the fortnight ended March 6, the converter plant of the Mount Lyell Company was in operation on a limited scale. One blast furnace was in commission throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In and About the Mines
Cope's Creek Central Tin-dredging Company reports a total yield of 6, tons 18owt. 19lb. for February. The January yield was 14 tons 14 cwt. 2qr. 23lb…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mining. Mount Elliotts Weaker
The leading feature of the Sydney mining market on Saturday was the continued retrograde movement in the price of Mount Elliott shares. On the previous day, there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Southern Coal Trade. a "Healthy Condition."
CLIFTON, Saturday.--During the past fortnight the work at the collieries in the clifton end of the district has been very satisfactory, with the exception of a few interruptions in loading operations early in the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Newcastle. Coal Trade Slack. Newcastle
A strong indication of the slackness of the coal trade is conveyed in the returns showing the number of days worked at the coal pits in the Newcastle and Maitland districts…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in a Mine. Four Natives Killed
CAPETOWN, Friday, Evening.--The fusing of an electric wire ignited the timbering in the Jagersfontein Diamond Mine in the Fauresmith division of Orangia…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Four Days' Mine Strike. Trouble Over Wheeling
CLIFTON, Saturday.--The back shift miners at the North Bulli Colliery ceased work on Tuesday last in consequence of some difficulty with the management over the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining in the State. Yambulla
Bowman and party, of the prospecting claim had another 91b of stone dollied, which yielded 5oz of smelted gold. They have despatched 40 tons of sulphide ore to Cockle…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Trouble Ahead. Southern Mines. "Fight Russell Case to Finish." Wollongong
A grave position has arisen in the Southern collieries. The position of industrial inspector, which it was generally understood would be given…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining. Lead Again Improves. Slump in Mount Elliotts
The week brought to a close on Saturday morning was a most unsatisfactory one, both from the view of the buyers and the seller. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fortress Gamp. Wireless at Work. Hints for Officers. Trainees on the Mine Fields
"The weather seems too good to last." It was an officer's comment, and he was thinking about the training of the "rookies" in camp, and also about the advent of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Restless Miners. Russell Case Revived. Industrial Appointment Resented. Mr. Peter Bowling on Principles
WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--The news that Mr. A. Waugh has been appointed to the position of industrial inspector on the South Coast, the position which it was regarded had been made…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the Mine. a Rush of Water. Two Men Cot Off. London, Sunday Afternoon
A mining disaster is reported from Cumberland, where an inrush of water in the Townhead Mine [?]bed two men, who were working there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Craftsmen. Workers Who Are Not Miners. Important Industrial Court Judgment
At the Industrial Court yesterday Mr. Justice Heydon delivered an important judgment in the application by the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, Hunter River District…
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